Are good health and obesity mutually exclusive? Not necessarily — but it’s complicated. For years, body size was considered a ...

Weight is an eternally-pressing topic, but conversations around GLP-1s and other weight loss drugs have brought it to the forefront even more. Body mass index (BMI) is the tool doctors use to ...

New research continues to show that many people meet the criteria for obesity and associated health problems, even if their ...

If you’ve ever wondered, even briefly, whether you have obesity, you might want to double-check right about now. New research suggests that over two-thirds of Americans are considered obese under ...

BMI is a measure of body weight relative to height. The goal for most people is to have a BMI that’s over 18 and under 25.

After hitting a record high, the U.S. rate of obesity is falling, as the number of people taking GLP-1 medications rises ...

Does being classified as obese mean you can't be healthy? (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News, photos: Getty Images) ...